Port News

A US Commerce Department report published Thursday stressed the benefits of collecting port productivity data.

The Port of Oakland projects that in 2017 it will grow faster than the growth projected for the rest of the West Coast as whole.

US shippers hoping Uncle Sam would shine a light on the metrics that impact the reliability and costs of their containerized supply chains are bound for disappointment.

Sweden’s top port of Gothenburg must invest in deepening its access channel and container berths to remain a leading Nordic hub amid increased competition.

DP World dramatically slashed its container dwell times at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in December.

PSA has terminal operations in 15 countries, including multiple operations in China and India.

Shippers hoping to tap the small but growing Alaska market may eventually gain new access via an Arctic deep-draft port.

Eimskip has averted a strike that was planned for next week.

The long-running labor dispute at APM Terminals Gothenburg has intensified.

FMC's action highlights friction between ocean carriers and lessors over port-wide chassis pool.

Chennai Port hopes to kickstart a 2017 that will help it leave behind the throughput and productivity struggles of the past few years.

Strong US retail restocking after an even better-than-expected holiday season will send a surge of container imports through ports in January.

Drug smugglers are using new techniques to hide contraband among legal cargo at the port of Santos.

The new alliances are likely to have only a limited effect on productivity and the number of services available to shippers at North Europe ports.

PSA said the agreements take Singapore one step closer to the reality of autonomous freight transport.

India’s busiest public container port is looking to nearly double participation in a program that dramatically speeds import discharges.

Port of Seattle wants MSC to post a bond guarantee before being allowed to purchase Terminal 46.

Shippers using the port of Santos are grappling with delays after an explosion on Thursday afternoon.

The cranes will be used by DP World, which is working with the eastern Canada port to more than double annual capacity.

The pace of growth could accelerate in the coming months.

Union president Harold Daggett takes to Facebook in advance of February meetings.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is struggling to convince shippers to shift freight to intermodal rail from trucks.

Expediting cargo flow to reduce terminal congestion is a top priority for the largest US port complex.

The accident occurred April 21 in a line of trucks waiting at the staging area at the Global Container Terminal.

Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Container Terminals handled over 2 million twenty-foot-equivalent units for the first time ever in 2016.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is well positioned in 2017 to capitalize on efficiency improvements made throughout 2016.

Southeast Asia’s port scene is incredibly dynamic, and 2017 will be a year of significant changes with big implications for shippers.

US ports are facing what could be a historically challenging 2017 as changes in the rapidly evolving steamship industry — among them new alliances, consolidation, and escalating ship capacity — heighten the already vigorous competition between ports for cargo.

Reliance on growth from an ever-expanding pie of box volumes growing in the high single or double-digits is a thing of the past for Chinese ports.

This year has been one of “remarkable” growth for DP World in India.

An exciting region for port development globally, South Asia had a busy 2016 and much more is expected in 2017.

DP World increased its shareholding in the largest Busan container terminal.

Customs authorities at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and shipping lines are in a dispute over the cause of delays in the port's direct port delivery services.

Plastic resin exports are poised in 2017 to begin a multi-year surge in volume.

The Port of Antwerp handled 10 million 20-foot-equivalent units for the first time in 2016, extending a growth trend that will further boost its market share in the highly competitive Le Havre-Hamburg port range.

Marine terminals able to fork over millions of dollars in automation shouldn’t expect a rapid jump in productivity.

China’s top ports continued a relatively strong second-half throughput performance in November.

Hanjin Shipping’s US liabilities far exceed its US assets, the company told a New Jersey bankruptcy court Tuesday amid close scrutiny from a host of US creditors.

A diverse group of shippers is ready to challenge fees that container lines and marine terminals impose for delays at US ports. But first the shippers need approval from federal maritime regulators.

Indian shippers appear less keen to rely on the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka for their international transshipment.